About Vanessa Russell: I began my book, FOUR OF A KIND, to address my question: Why did it take 72 years for women to get the right to vote? This question formed especially during a university course in Women's Studies. There were many factors. When I threw in religion, social acceptance, law and the culture of the turn of the century and the early 1900s, and mixed it all up with the powerful love of a man, these 4 women came alive with resulting belief systems that began answering that … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Vanessa Russell